Projects

Cropping Systems to Optimize Yield, Water and Nutrient Use Efficiency of Pearl Millet and Grain Sorghum

This project focused primarily on crop production systems which increase the probability of obtaining higher pearl millet and sorghum grain and stover yields. This involves systems […]

Soil and Water Management for Improving Sorghum Production in Eastern Africa

This project focused on increasing the of yield of sorghum in East Africa and contributing to improved institutional capacity. Collaborating researchers in Ethiopia are working with […]

Broadening Access to Water Resources in Southern Africa

Working in Zimbabwe, Malawi, and Mozambique this project sought to address water resource management reform, specifically focusing on decentralized management systems. Researchers evaluated the impacts of […]

  • Start Date: 1996/12/01
  • End Date: 2001/09/01
  • Project Code: Not Available
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Rapid Ecological Assessment of the SANREM CRSP/Ecuador Research Area, Northwestern Pichincha

In Ecuador, deforestation has reached unprecedented levels. About 300,000 ha are deforested annually (CAAM, 1995). The scarce remnants of the forests located along the Andean slopes […]

  • Start Date: November 1996
  • End Date: July 2001
  • Project Code: E4-I
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Extrusion Cooking of Peanut Meal in the Presence of Lysine to Deactivate Aflatoxin and Improve Nutritional Quality

Contamination of peanuts by aflatoxins is the most serious constraint on use of the crop for human and animal feeding as the presence of this group […]

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Management of Aflatoxins in Peanut Production, Storage and Utilization

The research project focused on using mycotoxin contamination as a quality indicator of preharvest and stored groundnuts to develop strategies for aflatoxin minimization in the following […]

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Development of Peanut Postharvest Handling and Processing Technologies for the Food Industry

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The World Geography of the Peanut: Global Networking Approach to Social Equity, Environmental Protection, and Technology Exchange

There is an absence of an integrated global, national, and regional agroecologically framed database on peanuts – especially one containing socioeconomic information -for use by scientists, […]

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Adoption/Diffusion Processes, Persistence, and Socioeconomic Impacts of New Inputs and Peanut Varieties

This project will study the diffusion process of new technologies such as new agricultural inputs to plant growth and new peanut varieties. External community network (often […]

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Analysis of Response of Peanut Production in French West Africa: Policy Implications of Currency Devaluation

Despite the importance of peanuts within the countries and cultures of West Africa, little research has been undertaken to understand the socioeconomic underpinnings of peanut production. […]

  • Start Date: 1996/08/01
  • End Date: 2007/10/31
  • Project Code: VT09S
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